DSU President Harry L. Williams, Wilmington MLK Event photos

Posted: February 10, 2012

DSU President Harry Lee Williams made a strong case for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and for Delaware State University as the keynote speaker for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast sponsored by the Organization of Minority Women, Inc., in Wilmington on Jan. 16.

Click the below slideshow for photos from the event, followed by more text information.

During the Jan. 16 breakfast, Dr. Williams pointed out that there would not have been a Martin Luther King Jr. if he hadn’t attended Morehouse College – an HBCU – and been exposed to that institution’s president, Dr. Benjamin Mays. He also touched on a piece of valuable Wilmington history, sharing the details surrounding Dr. King’s address at the city’s Howard High School in 1960.

The DSU president’s address was well-received MLK breakfast crowd gathered at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. He was introduced by Ned Brown, president of the New Castle County DSU Alumni Association. Also during the event, DSU student Lentasha J. Jones was awarded a OMW Scholarship

Dr. Williams shared the dignitary stage during the event with Gov. Jack Markell, U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Carper, U.S. Rep. John Carney; state Sen. Margaret Rose Henry; state Reps. Dennis Williams, James Johnson and Stephanie Bolden (also DSU alumna); New Castle County Executive Paul Clark; Rev. Christopher Bullock and his wife and the event’s mistress of ceremony Dr. Debbie Bullock; and Lincoln University President Bob Jennings.